Crosby, McDavid, Pietrangelo named to Canada’s team for Beijing Olympics
Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo have been named to Canada males’s hockey workforce for the Beijing Olympics.
Common supervisor Doug Armstrong confirmed the information in an interview with the NHL’s official web site.
Crosby will seem at his third Olympics after scoring in time beyond regulation to seize gold in 2010 on dwelling soil in Vancouver earlier than captaining Canada to a different podium-topping efficiency on the 2014 Video games in Sochi, Russia. The 34-year-old has led the Pittsburgh Penguins to 3 Stanley Cups and is a two-time Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP.
McDavid is ready to make his first Olympic look after the NHL declined to take part on the 2018 occasion in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The 24-year-old captain of the Edmonton Oilers has gained the Hart Trophy twice — together with final season when he additionally led the league in scoring for the third time.
The 31-year-old Pietrangelo gained gold with Canada on the 2014 Olympics, and helped Armstrong’s St. Louis Blues to the franchise’s first Cup victory in 2019. He signed a seven-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights in unrestricted free company in October 2020.
The boys’s Olympic hockey match runs from Feb. 9 to twenty. Canada’s first recreation goes Feb. 10 in opposition to Germany. America and hosts China make up the remainder of Group A.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 4, 2021.